[Dave1846]

Hello:
I just put a movie DVD into my drive to watch. This has always worked fine in the past. This time, though, nothing happened. When I went to "My Computer" to see if I could get it going, the drive was no longer listed there. It's completely gone from "My Computer", "device manager" etc. It appears to be no longer recognized by windows at all. The Green light on the drive door is blinking, but I can't get it to eject. Any ideas how to bring my E: drive back to life?? Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks!

Dave

 

[MysticEyes]

Try this.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

 

[Triple6]

Power off the computer and manually eject the disc by pushing a paper clip into the hole on the front of the drive. Then boot the computer and see if the drive appears in Device Manager. If not, and if you have not been inside the computer recently, then the drive may have failed.